Avvenu Remote Access Service Supports New Palm Treo 700w; Free Service Lets Mobile Users Remotely Access Their Home and Office Computers Directly From Their Palm Treo 700w Smartphone

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2006--Avvenu, Inc. today announced that its unique remote access service supports Palm, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:PALM) new Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700w smartphone, the first Treo smartphone to run Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system and provide high-speed wireless access via Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess EV-DO network. Specifically optimized for Palm devices, Avvenu gives Palm customers fast access to their documents, folders and photos directly from their Treo 700w smartphone. Users can access critical files anytime and anywhere they have wireless access by easily linking to any of their computers. In addition to accessing their own content, users of Palm Products can quickly and securely share access to their content with colleagues, friends and family.

"The Avvenu service is a useful addition to the Treo 700w smartphone experience, providing true seamless connectivity to the content on the user's office or home computer," said Page Murray, vice president of marketing at Palm, Inc. "Avvenu transforms a Palm device into a portal that can access any of the user's files -- anywhere in the world they have a wireless connection."

“The Avvenu service is a terrific companion for the Treo 700w smartphone”

Avvenu's powerful remote access features let users view or download files and photos. Every important document is immediately available directly from the user's computer. The Avvenu service also allows users to share files or folders with co-workers. The content being shared doesn't have to be downloaded to the Palm device or uploaded to a centralized server -- all sharing is directly off of the host computer. There are no file size limits, so users can use their Treo 700w smartphone to quickly share hundreds of megabytes of data.

"The Avvenu service is a terrific companion for the Treo 700w smartphone," said Keith Barraclough, Avvenu founder and CEO. "The high-speed wireless data access and Windows Mobile OS functionality of the Treo 700w combined with Avvenu's ability to securely connect users to their files and folders from anywhere, makes the Treo 700w an outstanding mobile computing platform."

Users enjoy the security of knowing they have safe, password-protected access to their files and folders when using Avvenu. All data transfers are encrypted and transmitted using 128-bit SSL, the web standard for secure transactions. Avvenu also intelligently manages the connection to match the device being used. Avvenu's smart viewing feature scales large files, such as photos, to the right size for fast viewing on mobile devices. Avvenu also lets users search their desktop computer from any web-enabled mobile device using Google Desktop Search.

In addition to the Treo 700w, Avvenu also supports the Treo 650 smartphone, the LifeDrive(TM) mobile manager, and the new Palm TX handheld with affordable Wi-Fi connectivity. The Avvenu service is free for users of Palm Products and may be downloaded directly from the Palm website at www.palm.com/avvenu.

About Avvenu

Avvenu's unique remote access and sharing technology gives users unobstructed access to their most important content from a web-enabled mobile device or computer anytime, anywhere. Avvenu users can access important documents when traveling, share pictures while still on vacation or distribute large files to colleagues -- in seconds. The Avvenu service is based on the company's patent-pending technology in media routing and managed peer-to-peer content access and distribution. Avvenu, based in Palo Alto, California, is a privately held company with venture funding provided by Charles River Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, and Motorola Ventures. For more information visit www.avvenu.com.

Avvenu is a trademark of Avvenu, Inc. Palm, Treo and LifeDrive are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.